Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-11
THAT CIRCULAR.
, PROFOUND SENSATION CAUSED BY ITS
PUBLICATION.
Republicans Immensely Disguised With th'
Publicity Given to Their Little
Scheme.

J. w. COwden, Chairman, ana ". U. 800
field. Secretary of the State Executive Com
mittee, detailing great Republican scheme
to euchre Senator Camden out of re-clec
ton. The literature, which Was printed il
Yesterdays REGISTER rcrbdtim ct McJUtim
furnished very 'interestin' readin'" lol
the public, and when the Republican
bosses S.Iw their little scheme laid bare Il
the eyes OF the world they were coniOunded
tOsay the least and several, particularly the
architects the dele Ctable little bit OF com.
position, were entirely ''tlabbergOsted"-Ol
words TO that effect.
The thought that some of their Republi
can representatives, all of whom they sup
posed to he thoroughly identified Will
their little scheme, and tightly bound by
party ties, had given the letter away,
caused them to feel sad at heart, especially
when they realized that the expose of the
scheme had been held back and sprung on
them just at moment most
dangerous to its success. They
were anxious to discover who the
guilty party that gave up the letter could
be, and Immediately began trying to ferret
him out What success they had was not
learned, but they claim to have apprc.
hendcd their betrayer.
4 REGISTER reporter knowing that
some expression of sentiment regarding the
letter would be interesting to the public,
circulated around political ccnters yester-
day, with satisfactory result. He first
dropped in Secretary Scoield's Office, and
after complimcnting the genial politician
on the literary merits and ingenious con-
StructiOn of the aforementioned cOnliden-
tal letter, he asked to he enlightened a
to Mr.. Scofeld's private opinion regarding.
the letter and its publication. The gen
tlcmun was rather 10th to converse freely
upon the matter, and seemed to be some.
what hurt over the fact that it WAS ex-
posed to the public gaze. In response to a
query, he said:
ooh, | suppose it was all right; | admit,
of course, that it is an exact copy OF the
letter written by Mr.. Cowden and myself.
1t is private letter, though; but if the
REGISTER chooses to publish private letters
| suppose it is ali right. 1t was sent only
to Republican members of the Legislature,
and one object in writing it was to conSOli-
date our party in the warfare against Mr..
| Camden, whom We consider our worst ene-
my, and the man who defeated Us.
Il see you claim to have several Demo
Gratis won over to your way of thinking;
do you think the publication will have the
effect Of causing them to break away from
YOU"
We'll. ! cannot say yet that remains
to be seen, but think the publication of
! the letter will result in bringing our par
" closer together. 1t is Just this way.
Ii wccan keep a certain number out of the
| Democratic caucus, our object is attained;
if we cannot we are lost, and there is no
doubt that Mr.. Camden will be nominal
ted"
''Thcn You think that Mr.. Camden is
the strongest man in the party"
"Well, no; not exactly. think Cover
nor WilsOn is the strongest man
But you are not afraid Of him and are
putting your whole force against Mr.
Camden. which would suggest that taking
everything into consideration Mr.. Camden
is your most formidable antagonist
Eyes; that is possibly so; and then he
has done more to defeat us, and we're
after him especially. lie is dangerous
man to the Republican party"
"Of course, you do not hope TO elect q
Republican? ?"
''Oh, no; not at all, That would indeed
he silly thought. 1t is our object, if We
can keep sufficient number of Democrats
out OF caucus to throw the election into
the House and elect Il Democrat who will
he suitable TO them and not dangerous Il
us "
Having gained the information that The
Republicans consider Mr.. Camden the one
man who can defeat them, the reporter LEFT
and called upon Chairman w. J. W. Cow
den, Mr.. ScOtield's partner in the COnStruC'
ton of the confidential monument of Re
publican scheming The reporter cOmpli
mented Mr.. COwdcn also upon the ability
and general excellence displayed in the
letter, after which he asked him what el
feet its publication would have
"Oh y said Mr.. Cowdcn, lit cannot d.
any damage at this late day, for our plan!
: |
imagine we have the thing solid. Now, j
You had published the letter Il week agt
our plans would probably have been dam
aged, but now il is TOO late. ! knew thai
senator Camden had the letter in his pos
session ten days ago and was expecting
every day to see it published, but Am glad
it was deferred so late
Then Mr.. Cowden rclapScd into an un'
communicative mood and the reporter left
to interview some one else. Running
across prominent Democrat he opened
fire on him with queries, and he expressed
himself in the following manner:
''Why, said he, 81 regard the who'll
business as u piece of colossal pOlitica
folly on the part of Messrs. Cowden anC
Scciicld. Had ! not seen the orig
inal some weeks ago | should not have be
licvcd that either of them was capable o
exhibiting the stupidity displayed in In
writing OF such letter. 1t is very silly
attempt TO crack the Republican part,
whip and the method of gOu.
about it il to say the least--vcrN
childish and asininc. They mus
have known that among the forty odd Re
publicans in the Legislature there would
DC several who, when limited in thc
choice to Democrat, would prefer Cam
den 10 any other, and that some one o
these men would use the letter to his ad
vantage This Is just what has happened
and now the whole attempted intrigue ha'
been brought to the light of day. TIL,
unholy alliance proposed between thu
b ringSters bosses and trckstcrS of the Rad
zeal party and few mis-named Democrat!
is exposed and is as dead as Julius Caesar
would like to forecast the political future
of any Democrat who would enter in
to any such arrangement His whole
party throughout the State would denouncC
him rs Il Judas IscariOt and his recogn
ton among honest Democrats would bC
that OF 4 leper or pariah. Upon his arrival
home his constituents would doubles,
have n coat of tar and feathers for hi.
clothing and several rails for his riding.
al wonder these gentlemen did not OK.
press themselves more mildly. Then look
at the needless and wanton insults hurled
so freely at the Democrats. All, yes, they
are boodlers are corrupt and are great ras
cole hut they must iniD with ,,S miro md